Most of us remember two things from high school biology: that mitochondria are the powerhouses of cells and that we inherit stable sets of chromosomes from our two parents. Both truisms are only ...

In preparation for destruction, the paternal mitochondria of a fruit fly (green) are encased by vesicle clusters called multivesicular bodies (magenta) that are coated by the Rubicon protein Other ...

1,3 In recent years, mitochondrial dysfunction has become a possible mechanism that could explain the development of sarcopenia. Transformations in mitochondria function are seen before the loss ...